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Rebekah Henderson
A podcast where we keep it real when it comes to the uncomfortable conversations about race and identity. Each week we interview community organizers, entertainers, political figures and BIPOC residents about their perspectives on current events. Hosted by Rebekah Henderson aka the Tan Tigress, produced and edited by Janece Matsko.
Off Color is still on hiatus, due to pandemic. Sorry! But Rebekah aka the Tan Tigress is recovering from the traumas of the past year and has begun work on some new and dope projects including partnership with Culturs Magazine! This minisode is an interview with Korean adoptee and artist A.D. Herzel.
The 2020 Election is almost over and with all the anxiety in the air we took some time to sit down and reflect on 2016. Rebekah and Janece didn't know it then, but Trump's victory was the catalyst that would bring them together on Off Color. We also spoke to Dr. Tania and Emma Teng about being first time voters in this historic election.
In 2016 Kaepernick took a knee as a protest for racial justice and eventually lost his job in the NFL. Today, players on almost every major sports team are kneeling and wearing gear branded with messages about Black Lives Matter and ending racism in America. What happened and how much work is there still left to do?
Special Guests
Bisi Johnson - NFL Minnesota Vikings Wide Receiver
Justin Adams - CBS 4 Denver Sports and News Reporter
Being a parent is tough, being a parent during a pandemic is torture. On this episode we interviewed moms and a dad at various points on the privilege spectrum to ask how they are holding up now that (virtual) school is back in session.
The 2020 election will be here before we know it and it’s time to talk about vote shaming, third party candidates, party loyalists and progressive youth “radicals”. Not to mention that complications of voting during a pandemic and systematic dismantling of our postal service. Get ready kids, this one is going to be a wild ride.
Special Guests:
Saira Rao- Former Democrat candidate for US House and now registered Independent
Hashim Coates - Vice Chair of AAICD and “card carrying Democrat loyalist”
A very personal and intimate conversation about intersectionality in the activist community including anti blackness, conflict between black and brown organizers and LGBTQIA issues. We get face to face with the the pervasive sentiment in minority activist communities that "We show up for THEM, but they never show up for US!" But at the end of the day, we are oppressed in the same ways with different impacts and as soon as we acknowledge that the sooner we can fight together against a common oppressor.
Special Guests:
Lorena Garcia - Community Organizer, Former Candidate for US Senate,
Tezcatli Diaz - Director of Youth Civic Engagement at Student Voice, Student Vote
Elizabeth Torwudzo - Veteran, March Organizer,
Brianna Hall - Employee at American Indian Science and Engineering Society
Shenika Carter - Actionist, Accountant, President of Caravan for Racial Justice
2: 30 - Guest Intos
12:30 - Why is it ok for allies to be in positions of power in some minority and activist organizations and not in others?
17:30 - I have never been asked “how do you identify” before.
19:00 How do we do it all?
20:40 - We show up for THEM but they don’t show up for US!
29:40 - What in the world is Black Lives Matter?
32:30 - We don’t know what each other’s struggles look like
35:30 - Caravan for Racial Justice
36:40 - Just Show up!
38:10 - I’m preaching to the choir
40:00 The bridges need maintenance
44:00 - Spending time together beyond the marches and protests
45:20 - Compassion and Humanity
47:00 - Simple doesn’t mean easy
48:30 - Closing thoughts, hopes for the future
59:10 - Surprise call in guest
Part one was WILD! In part two we get a little more serious in a powerful conversation with a former veteran and public health worker about what gun rights mean to minorities that have seen authoritarian oppression first hand. We discuss the Patriot Act, 4 year olds with swords, cancer, prep-ers and using the military's tactics against them.
Special Guests:
Charlie Watkins - Army Vet and NRA certified pistol instructor
Nami Thompson- Public Health Planner, Mother and gun owner
Content Links:
https://www.redneckrevolt.org/
https://www.facebook.com/AIODefense
America loves guns! When New York Attorney General Letitia James announced the civil lawsuit against the NRA we decided to find some gun owners and ask what they thought about it. This episode is part one of two. Special Guests: Comedian and podcaster Christie Buchele, Food Truck and Army Veteran Damon Tobias and Tai Chi Instructor Brother Sha Bazz
A short bonus episode that expands on our discussion in Episode 3 about going back to school during a pandemic. Covid has teachers and students worried about their physical and mental health, but there are still opportunities and reasons for hope.
A Facebook LIVE conversation about the new name for the neighborhood formerly known as Stapleton in Denver, Colorado. What does it mean to be neutral in a white supremacist culture and how can we move towards anti-racism? Special Guests include, Dr. Apryl Alexander and Vince Bowen of Black Lives Matter 5280, JC Futrell the grandson of John and Edna Mosley, Kim Brewer from #RenameStapleton, and Brian Diggs.
A discussion about what public education means in the United States of America during a global pandemic, recorded on July 18th, 2020. Listen as we get schooled by Vice President of the Denver Public Schools Board and Colorado House of Representatives District 7 Candidate, Director Jennifer Bacon. Then Dr. Tania Reis, Associate Professor at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus gives us insight into being a scientist, immigrant and mother of two DPS students during these unprecedented times.
2:50 - Dr. Tania Reis introduction
5:00 - Director Jennifer Bacon introduction
10:00 - Public schools make rocket scientists
12:00 - How opening decisions were made
19:35 - The ‘rona is amplifying inequities
20:40 - What about the teachers?
24:00 - How Portugal handled the data
26:30 - Quaran-team pods
29:00 - What schools do for this city
32:30 - “I know what’s at stake!”
37:30 - “Our mind set would have to shift”
39:00 - Antibacterial vs Antiviral memo
41:00 - Cultural shift away from meritocracy and individualism
42:30 - Neighborhood schools
47:20 - We all need to eat, even if it’s not the perfect diet
50:00 - Portugal’s Pie in the Sky
53:30 - All kids can learn, what differentiates them is access and “things”
56:40 - Local Elections Matter!
59:00 - School is not the salvation we think it will be
1:00:00 - We learned these same lessons with AIDs
1:04:20 - The great equalizer
The global pandemic of Covid-19 has left us with a lot of unanswered questions. In this episode we decided to ask a medical professional, and close personal friend, about how we can sort through all of the confusion of misinformation and systemic racism in the medical system. Dr. Benzi Kluger is a researcher at the University of Rochester Medical Center in New York and Director of the Neuro-Palliative Care Division in the new Palliative Care Research Center. He is also working on a book called “Dangerous and Expensive Bullshit” which will empower the average citizen to take responsibility for their health through information literacy.
Links:
Ibram X. Kendi - How to Be an Antiracist https://www.ibramxkendi.com/how-to-be-an-antiracist-1
FLICC- 5 Techniques of Science Denialism: https://www.skepticalscience.com/history-FLICC-5-techniques-science-denial.html
Stephen Law - Believing Bullshit
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Believing_Bullshit/n9oRBTVZdWsC?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover
Time Stamps:
2:28 - DR Kluger Intro
4:50 - How has COvid-19 Affected your work and the Medical Center you are in?
8:00 - Telehealth and Equitable access
10:30 - Dr. Kluger’s study on Parkinsons
15:00 - Inner City Rochester or Peru?
16:40 - Intersection of Race and Class
21:25 - Being an antiracist in medical research
26:40 - Dangerous and Expensive Bullshit
31:00 - Building a Basic Bullshit Detector
31:35 - Is Colloidal Silver Bullshit?
35:25 - Which Bullshit should I buy?
38:40 - Science Denialism - FLICC
41:15 - Covid-19 Questions from the “Audience”
41:20 - “Should I wear a mask?”
42:56 - “Should I Wipe Everything Down?”
44:16 “Can Cannabis Prevent Covid-19?”
49:30 - The Last Time You Sh*t Your Pants
Season 4 kicks off with a COVID-19 catch up sesh with the Tan Tigress and her intrepid producer Janece(who gives an emotional pep talk to the Tan Tigress). This episode was recorded remotely on a Friday in July...what day is it anyway? Should we open schools? Should your neighbors pay you for the service of telling them about themselves? What is Truth & Conciliation and why should you take the pledge? These are just some of the questions we know must be on your mind, because they are on our mind. We've missed you Off Color family and we hope this episode will be "a ray of light".
And wear a mask FFS. And vote. Always with the voting.
We've been on a self imposed hiatus due to COVID-19 aka SARS2 we will be taking trying some new stuff and we hope you will have a listen, subscribe and give 5 stars ONLY. This episode also includes bonus content from Rebekah's storytelling debut at the Narrators live storytelling event in Denver, CO.
We interviewed actor, playwright, rapper, and poet Jeff Campbell, assisted by students visiting from the audio engineering program at Northeast Early College ( A Denver Public Schools High School). The kids are alright but they feel the same stresses we do. This episode was recorded at the House of Pod, which is now shut down in order to slow community spread of the COVID-19 virus. The country is in a state of emergency and we need to be there for each other in our communities.
Women only conversation bonus episode, with guest co-host Shay J and special guest Congresswoman Deb Haaland via the telephone, but first we get spicy as we try to work out the kinks of contacting someone on the busy campaign trail. NEVERTHELESS WE PERSISTED! Vote for Elizabeth Warren... WHUT!
We were joined once again by Independent Presidential Candidate Mark Charles via phone. He caught us up on his campaign and gives some intense love lessons on healing the wounds of racism that created our nation as it is today. We know we live in a two party system but man, Mark Charles has a compelling and powerful message that is worth hearing.
We hosted an intimate screening of All Mixed Up: Our Changing Racial Identities and then chopped it up with one of the films participants Rebecca Mendoza-Nunziato community manager at the House of Pod and Annalise Harris the founder of Curls on the Block and author of Harriet's Jacket.
For this episode we discussed representation in entertainment, afrofuturism and popculture. Again! Because we gotta keep on talking and if you keep listening you might just see the light! Spoiler alert! We also discuss some details about Watchmen, The Handmaid's Tale, Harriet, Queen & Slim and Ma. Special guests include Regan Byrd, Danette Hollowell, Aubrianne Hollowell, Mo Alexander & Janae Burris!
Rebekah talks about her ongoing fight to eradicate white supremacy in her neighborhood (which is named after a Ku Klux Klansman) by running to be a write in candidate on the neighborhood board. With special guests, Danilo Ballardes a community organizer from New Orleans, Samuel Gonzalez returns and the late great Dr. Gregory Digg's brother Brian Diggs joins us via phone from Los Angeles to give us the lowdown on his highly racist dance teacher. It's all you could want in an episode and so much more.
We learn all about Rebekah's sudden and surprising entrance into the political fight of her life! That pesky KKK named neighborhood name gets her down but it can't keep her down! We dip into Lizzo's cheeks, beauty pageants, dominant culture beauty standards and so much more! This topic was so intense, we had to divide it into part 1 and part 2. It wasn't our intention but that was the impact! Guest include: U.S. Senate Candidate Dr. Stephany Rose Spaulding, founder of Ecoinclusive and Earth KWEEN Parker McMullen-Bushman, Samuel Gonzalez and Bianca Mikhan.
We take a deep dive into our dying oceans, polluted communities and environmental justice. Special guests: At Peace Makita Water Warrior, Dr. Diana Bray, Noe Organz, Jared Bynum from Conservation Colorado and Dana Miller of Extinction Rebellion. We ask the question...is there hope?
For this first episode of season 3 we gathered a variety of people with extensive knowledge related to trauma and healing. The holidays can be a time of stress, grief, sadness and unresolved conflicts for many people and a time of heightened tension because of expectation. We spoke with healer & dominatrix Lady Speech, Colorado Senate Candidate and clinical psychologist Dr. Diana Bray, cultural change consultant Samuel Gonzalez and professor/healer Dr. Lisa Vallejos. If you have anxiety about the holidays this episode is for you. And if you don't, it's also for you. Happy Holidays bishes. Subscribe, review and five stars only.
Rebekah Henderson aka the Tan Tigress went in for an orientation at the House of Pod and wanted to try out the new studio space. Lucky lucky that Rebecca Mendoza Nunziato Community Manager at House of Pod, was nice enough to sit down with Rebekah & producer Janece Matsko to try out the equipment and get Off Color up to speed on what's good at House of Pod. Season 3 Drops SOON!
Mark Charles is an Independent candidate running for President of the United States. Rebekah spoke with him via Skype Thursday October 3, 2019. Tune in for this very in depth discussion.
Rebekah chopped it up with NYC based author Natasha Diaz to discuss her debut novel Color Me In and she also updated her friend and business partner Leah on current events. Make sure you subscribe and give us five star only reviews.
Rebekah aka the Tan Tigress still has not tasted the famed chicken sandwich but the craze inspired this short work of fiction. Please enjoy!
MTOB(More Than One Box) is an annual event that takes place in Denver Colorado with the intentional focus to provide space for those identifying as mixed race and people who love them! This episode was recorded for MTOB and features, actor, writer, filmmaker would be dancer/chemist Nobu Adilman of Food Jammers Fame and Choir! Choir! Choir!
Nobu skyped with the Tan Tigress to discuss his childhood, career and the incredible short documentary Short Round Up.
More Than One Box (MTOB) is an annual gathering that takes place in Denver Colorado that is intentionally celebratory of all people. This interview with Crystal Chan was part of MTOB's 2019 program.
September 28th is the March for Black Women Denver. Rebekah aka the Tan Tigress chopped it up with two of the organizers of the march. Guest were Tish Beauford and Tiya Trent and they filled us in on the goings on of the March for Black Women. For more information follow & like the Facebook Page
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On the latest episode of Off Color we chopped it up big time with politico Hashim T. Coates and community organizer Terrance Roberts aka T-Rob. We talked about the worstest trashest parody of the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, the racist ass orange phlegm in the White House, a sprinkle of local politricks, Tupac's Number 1 fired fan, and the GREAT Ava Duvernay.
Chh-chhh-chhhanges Greetings Off Color Fam!
Off Color is going through somewhat of a transformation as Rebekah figures out how to produce and edit the whole show.
In this episode Rebekah aka the Tan Tigress marches with school board candidate at large
Tay Anderson
in Park Hill's Fourth of July Parade. She chopped it up with citizen activist Andrea Chavez plus two of Colorado's "Historic Eight" legislators; Representative James Coleman and Representative Leslie Herod.
U.S. Congresswoman Diana Degette got in on the fun too when the Tan Tigress asked her what she's doing to help with the concentration camp in Aurora.
This episode of Off Color was recorded LIVE at Versa Colorado's headquarters in Denver, Colorado. Our guest host was Black Queen of Comedy Janae Burris and our artist in residence was Kid Astronaut. We. Chopped. It. UP. Please make sure you follow us on the sosh meeds and start rating this show fam. @offcolorpod
This episode was recorded live at Versa Colorado's headquarters located in downtown Denver. We welcome back Montyy Taj host of the podcast Comfortably Excluded and we had the honor of having Candi CdeBaca in her first interview after her historic win on June 4th. She is now officially Councilwoman Elect for Denver's district 9!
This episode was recorded live at Versa Colorado's headquarters in Denver, Colorado. Rebekah Henderson AKA the Tan Tigress and Hasira "H-Soul" Ashemu take a deep dive into local issues that have universal themes, education of our youth, polotricks and what we can actually do about the most pressing problems facing our communities. Buckle up buttercups this might be the rillest.
This episode of Off Color was recorded live at Versa Colorado's headquarters. Off Color Powered by Versa Colorado explores topics around race and identity with a splash of wine. Your host Rebekah Henderson AKA the Tan Tigress, takes deep dives with dope guests. This episode covers the Royal Baby, colorism, the Denver elections and MORE! Special guest Emmy award winning journalist and documentarian Tamara Banks returns for another real a$$ conversation.
Today we come to you live from the First Unitarian Society of Denver, where activist, union organizer, and mother Jeanette Vizguerra is living in sanctuary. Jeanette was recently named one of Time's 100 Most Influential People, and is now suing ICE to block her deportation. We discuss her case, as well as her work with the Metro Denver Sanctuary Coalition.
We are also joined by Greg Mortimer of Casa de Paz, an organization that sends volunteers to visit with prisoners in Aurora, Colorado's for-profit ICE detention center.
This episode was recorded live at Versa Colorado headquarters in downtown Denver! If you want to see the video you can peep it on youtube or FB WATCH
Tonight's guest is singer Danette Hollowell.
We getting into real talk about recent hate crimes, Black people and conspiracy theories, local politics, and more. Follow us on Twitter @OffColorPod for updates. Join the Patreon! Support community-created content!
The Off Color Live series continues at one of our favorite Denver restaurants, there... on the Northside. Rebekah and Danette welcome guests Brother Jeff Fard (www.brotherjeff.com) and Montyy Taj (www.comfortablyexcluded.com) to discuss gentrification in Denver, the rise of the reparations movement, and the debate over the GOAT female rapper.
On February 23rd, comedian Janae Burris (@negativenegro) hosted BLACKSTRAVAGANZA, a Black History Month celebration at The Black Buzzard in Denver. We recorded a live variety show-sepisode of Off Color featuring some incredible guests: Danette Hollowell, Kerrie Joy, Crystal Hawkins, Jovan Mays, and Hashim Coates. This episode has a little bit of everything: music, poetry, politics, and a lot of laughs!
We're boycotting the NFL, so we went down to the basement with singer Danette Hollowell and comedian Janae Burris (@negativenegro) to talk about Colin Kaepernick, governors in blackface, and our upcoming live episode on February 23rd. This episode is sponsored by Stapleton Vines & Spirits (www.stapletonvines.com).
To kick off season two, we took the show live on video with a packed panel: Hasira "Soul" Ashemu, Hashim Coates, Danette Hallowell, and Kerrie Joy. We discuss "Surviving R. Kelly", the cancelation of Kevin Hart, and the persistent myth of a "gay agenda."
Tonight we celebrate one year of Off Color by wrapping up our season with a Thanksgiving dinner. We're blessed to have a table full of wonderful guests: historian Jameeka Lewis, community organizer Ean Thomas Tafoya, journalist Allan Tellis, and singer Danette Hollowell. We discuss the power of ritual, the ever-controversial topic of hair, the whitewashing of MLK, and the question of whether America is even possible.
Thanks for being with us through struggle and joy over the past year. We look forward to seeing you in 2019, but in the meantime feel free to leave us questions at (719) 377-6219 or tweet us @offcolorpod!
Today we welcome award-winning poet Dominique Christina to the basement to discuss her new book Anarcha Speaks, the relationship between politics and poetry, and the deep pathos of Kanye West. Before that, though, Rebekah and James listen to some listener questions from the new Off Color hotline. Give us a call at (719) 377-6219 so we can chop it up with you on the air!
For our Halloween special, we dug into the archives to bring you an unheard episode with the late Dr. Gregory Diggs. But first, Rebekah and James go down the Colorado ballot and tell you how to vote. Got a problem with any of our Rebekahmendations? Yell at us at @offcolorpod.
In the spirit of Rebekah's new film project Running With My Girls, we invite two brilliant Black women who are running for office in Denver: Shontel Lewis (@Shontel4RTD) and Shayla Richard (@ShaylaRRichard). We discuss the Kavanaugh confirmation, Bette Midler's offensive tweet, and the co-opting of Black women's struggle. Stick around until the end to hear some bars from Shontel.
Today we have a packed house, with three incredible women joining us in the basement: activist/academic Lisa Calderón, Denver City Council candidate Candi CdeBaca, and poet Kerrie Joy. We get into some current events including the Botham Jean murder, the infamous Serena Williams cartoon, and the brilliance of Cory Booker and Kamala Harris during the Kavanaugh hearings.
For the second half of our talk with lawyer-turned-engineer Sonia Gupta (@soniagupta504), we move away from Twitter controversies and onto larger questions about how to take meaningful action in the era of Trump. We also revisit Boots Riley's incredible (and controversial) film Sorry to Bother You and get Sonia's take on it.
Today we welcome our first-ever white guest, actress Catherine Erhart, to discuss Spike Lee’s hit film “BlacKkKlansman”. We debate what the film says about Charlottesville, the “toothless yokel” Klansman stereotype, and the puzzling sex appeal of Adam Driver. We also share a few thoughts about our dear friend Elisabeth Epps and her legal struggles.
This is the first half of our conversation with Sonia Gupta (@soniagupta504), lawyer turned software engineer turned "mid-level social media influencer". We discuss Sonia's repeated run-ins with racist internet trolls, and ask whether Twitter's benefits outweigh the toxicity of its culture. Tune in on Monday August 27th to hear Part 2!
Colorado Democratic Party consultant Hashim Coates joins us in the basement to discuss the new Boots Riley film "Sorry to Bother You", the upcoming elections, innovative forms of protest, and the best place in Denver to get a bean pie.
Tonight we step out of the basement to record our first LIVE episode! Rebekah and a panel of experts discuss inequity in American education, debate the possibility of a prison-free society, and take some lively questions from the audience.
Special guests: Colorado State Rep. James Coleman, Elisabeth Epps of the Denver Justice Project, and educator Fernando Branch.
We are joined in the basement by activists Elisabeth Epps (@elisabeth) and Victor Galvan Ramirez (@victorgalvan247), as well as jazz singer Danette, to discuss questions of citizenship and equity for POC in America. Whose democracy is this? What is a vote worth? What will it take to survive the struggle we see today in our cities and at our border?
For this episode we reached back into the archives to bring you an unreleased show from 11/3/2017 featuring our original co-host, the late Dr. Gregory Diggs. This is one of the demo episodes we recorded while the idea for Off Color was still taking shape, and it’s a deep discussion that breaks down racial stereotypes by revealing White James as the only person in the room who can't swim.
We welcome Emmy-winning journalist Gabrielle Bryant to the basement to discuss more racist relatives, #OurVoiceOurSchools, Spotify's R. Kelly ban, the accusations against Morgan Freeman, and the royal wedding.
Today we welcome Emmy-winning journalist Tamara M. Banks and Ugandan foreign affairs expert Maria Nagawa. We discuss the recent spate of incidents involving white people calling cops on Black Americans for no good reason, plus a lively discussion on the pluses and minuses of foreign aid to Africa.
May 6 2018: Tonight's guest is Ken McCorkell, a handsome and talented mixed-race jazz pianist who also happens to be Rebekah's husband. We discuss Kanye West's TMZ interview, the Rachel Dolezal documentary, Childish Gambino's brilliant "This is America", and Rebekah's new film All Mixed Up: Our Changing Racial Identities.
Denverite reporter Allan Tellis got his bike stolen today, but that's not the only reason he's pissed off. He joins us in the basement to discuss the infamous Starbucks incident, racism in American policing, and whether bias can ever truly be "unconscious". It's not all anger, though; we also discuss some recent good news, including Beyonce's Coachella set and Kendrick Lamar's Pulitzer.
We return to the basement after an unplanned week off to discuss the influence of racism on America's public schools. Our guests H-Soul and Fernando Branch bring a wealth of expertise to the discussion, as we ask what people of color can do to take back our schools and begin to reverse America's history of unequal education.
As Off Color pushes forward without Dr. Gregory Diggs, we welcome three brilliant artists to the basement to weigh in on this cultural moment that some people are calling a Black Renaissance. First off, there’s Jeff Campbell, founder of Emancipation Theater Co. and writer/director of the new play Honorable Disorder. He brings with him Theo E.J. Wilson, a returning guest whose recent TED Talk went viral, and who plays the lead in Jeff’s play. And finally, we welcome Dr. Diggs’s brother Brian Diggs, who is an actor and dancer in his own right.
Our beloved co-host Dr. Gregory Diggs passed away unexpectedly on February 24, and a few days later Rebekah and James got together in the basement for a special episode to honor his memory. This is an honest and unedited hour of talk, recorded while the emotions surrounding our friend's death were still raw. We hope you'll join us, and stay with us as we find a way to push forward without him.
This is Part 2 of our spoiler-ific conversation about Black Panther, featuring Ugandan political economist Maria Nagawa and activist/Wakanda-skeptic H-Soul.
Black Panther is finally here, and we welcome two guests to the basement to help us talk it through: activist and Wakanda-skeptic Hasira "H-Soul" Ashemu, and Ugandan political economist Maria Nagawa. The conversation was so lit that it has to be released in two parts, and it should go without saying that there are LOTS OF SPOILERS.
Today we're joined in the basement by Kimberly Ming and Brooke Owyang Lee. They shed some light on the idea of Asians as the "model minority" and the complexities of being both Asian and mixed race. We also get into some complicated questions about raising children in the current political environment, and touch on the American government's failure to help its citizens in Puerto Rico, four months after the devastation of Hurricane Maria.
MLK Day fell on an off-week this year, but the crew still got together in the basement to record an episode to release the following week. Listen in as we discuss the Santa Clausification of Dr King's legacy, Trump's hideous comments about "sh*thole countries", James's oversized forehead, and the prospect of President Oprah. We also tackle a few listener questions posted to our Facebook page.
Our first episode of 2018 features Theo E.J. Wilson, a Denver-based poet and activist who received worldwide acclaim for his Ted Talk about going undercover in the alt-right internet underworld. We talk about that experience, as well as the state of race education in the United States, the concept of white "Diversity Fatigue", the fake Twitter uproar over Michael B. Jordan's white girlfriend, and whether white and black America can ever heal from the mutual trauma of racism.
Today we are joined by Dr. Diggs's son Langston, who offers a Gen Z perspective on black voters' role in defeating Roy Moore, the CDC's new list of forbidden words, renaming Denver's Stapleton neighborhood, and answering two listener questions.
Join us in the basement to discuss Rebekah's recent Twitter skirmish with Michael Rapaport, Time's decision to feature Taylor Swift on their "silence breakers" cover, recreational wokeness, hens and hogs, and Sharon Reed's sublime mic drop moment.
We welcome Emmy-winning journalist Tamara Banks to the basement to discuss the controversy surrounding Ink! Coffee's gentrification-based ad campaign, which sparked protests in Denver and has led to a nationwide discussion about the changing face of American cities.
Today we welcome Denver-based comedian ShaNae Ross to the basement to discuss the differences between black and white audiences, the unbearable lightness of Sammy Sosa, the "Black tax", Dr. Diggs's skepticism of 23 & Me, and a questionable listener question.
Your hosts Rebekah Henderson and Dr. Gregory Diggs discuss dealing with your racist ass uncle, weaponizing white privilege, the great Thanksgiving pie debate, and hipster cranberry sauce.